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Music

Using one to two sentences answer the following questions.

Identify it.

1. What is the title? – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, 1716
2. Who is the composer? – Johann Sebastian Bach
3. When and where was it written?
4. Who is performing the work? The RFCM Symphony Orchestra

Describe it.

1. What genre is it?
2. What is it about?
3. What is the style of the music?

Analyze it.

1. How does the work use timbre, texture, pitch, rhythm, dynamics and form?

Contextualize it. This is your contextual listening.

1. What seems relevant from the composer’s life?
2. From the occasion of the songwriting or premier performance?
3. From the time period and culture in which it was written?
4. From the perspective of the history of music?

Interpret it.

1. What ideas do you think were motivating the composer?
2. What is the primary theme?
3. How is this theme presented in the composition or performance?

Evaluate it.

1. How are you connecting personally with the piece?
2. Do you like it?
3. In what ways is it powerful or remarkable?